English Verge Fusee Pocket Watch CA1830s | Antique 53mm Silver Hunter Case Pocket Watch
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English Verge Fusee Pocket Watch CA1830s | Antique 53mm Silver Hunter Case
Pocket Watch
England; Unsigned; Man’s; C. 1830’s
CASE
The .800 silver plain polished hunter case has a size of 53mm. The case is in
very good condition, slightly worn.
DIAL
This off white porcelain dial displays Roman numerals and has spade hands. The
dial is in very good condition, hairline(s) barely visible, very slightly
chipped.
MOVEMENT
This key-set movement with verge escapement is gilt with a full plate layout.
The movement is in very good condition.
Key-wind/Key-set Movements
The very first pocket watches up until the third quarter of the 19th century
had key-wind and key-set movements. A watch key was necessary to wind the watch
and to set the time. This was usually done by opening the case back and putting
the key over the winding-arbor (which was set over the watch's winding-wheel, to
wind the mainspring) or by putting the key onto the setting-arbor, which was
connected with the minute-wheel and turned the hands. Some watches of this
period had the setting-arbor at the front of the watch, so that removing the
crystal and bezel was necessary to set the time.
This watch includes a reproduction of the correct size key, it is not the
original.
Verge Fusee Escapement
Used in antique spring-powered mechanical watches and clocks, a fusee is a
cone-shaped pulley with a helical groove around it, wound with a cord or chain
which is attached to the mainspring barrel. Fusees were used from the 15th
century to the early 20th century to improve timekeeping by equalizing the
uneven pull of the mainspring as it ran down. The mainspring is coiled around a
stationary axle (arbor), inside a cylindrical box, the barrel. The force of the
spring turns the barrel.
